ART. 27] HEALTH——DRUGS. 391

1904, art. 27, sec. 237. 1904, ch. 607, secs. 1-3. 1906, ch. 523. 1912, ch. 473.

253. It shall be unlawful for any practitioner of medicine or den-
tistry to furnish or prescribe for the use of any person any cocaine,
hereoine, alpha or beta ocaine, opium, morphine, chloral hydrate or any
salts or compounds of any of the foregoing substances or any prepara-
tion containing any of the foregoing substances or their salts or com-
pounds except to such persons who are under his care and for whom
he, in good faith, prescribed as necessary for their professional treat-
ment ; and no practitioner of veterinary medicine or surgery shall pre-
scribe the same for the use of any human being. Any written order or
prescription given or made by any practitioner of medicine, dentistry
or veterinary medicine or surgery in the course of his professional treat-
ment shall be dated and shall contain the name of the person for whom
prescribed, or if ordered by a practitioner of veterinary medicine or
surgery shall state the kind of animal for which ordered and said pre-
scription shall be signed by the person giving the prescription or order.
Such written order or prescription shall be permanently retained on file
by the person, firm or corporation who shall compound or dispense the
articles ordered or prescribed, and it shall not be again compounded or
dispensed except upon the written order of the original prescriber for
each and every subsequent compounding or dispensing. No copy or
duplicate of such written order or prescription shall be made or deliv-
ered to any person, but the original shall at all times be open to inspec-
tion by the prescriber, the State's Attorney for the county or Baltimore
City or committee of the Grand Jury of the county or of Baltimore
City in which said prescription was filled. Any person violating any
of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and
upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars
nor more than five hundred dollars, and may, in the discretion of the
Court, be confined in the county or city jail in addition to the said fine
for a period of not exceeding one year.

Ibid. sec. 237. 1904, ch. 607, secs. 1-3. 1906, ch. 523. 1912, ch. 473.

254. It shall be the duty under this act of all judges of Courts
having criminal jurisdiction in this State at every regular term thereof
to charge all regularly impanelled juries to diligently inquire into and
investigate all cases of the violation of the provisions of this sub-title,
and to make a true presentment of all persons guilty of such violations.
It shall be the duty of the Maryland Board of Pharmacists as well as all
prosecuting officers to cause the prosecution of all persons violating the
provisions of this sub-title. In any proceedings under the provisions, of
sections 251, 252, 253 and this section the charge may be brought against
any and all of the members of a partnership, or against the directors or
executive officials of a corporation or against the agent of any person,
partnership or corporation.

All criminal proceedings pending or which may be hereafter insti-
tuted for offenses already committed shall be instituted, proceeded with